the businesses they help may be the most powerful forces in the united states today. without languages, the u.s. businesses would be missing $2.10 trillion in gross income. audiences create a growing need for language services. if you sell products in germany, your customers will communicate in german and your customer service personnel needs to be ready. you case -- u.s. companies must build language capabilities. acquiring land which takes time, repeated exposure and practice to develop. not relying on these needs has dire need sunday -- -- has dire consequences on the u.s. economy. companies are relying on less qualified translators. this is rendering their products less competitive in the global marketplace. the american workforce needs more key compotencies such as terminology, localization technologies, engineering, and multimedia. these skills are in high demand and continue to be sought after. government agencies are addressing the needs for language competence. we need cooperation between the private sector, government, and academia. language technology compa